Our President and CEO Kai Fuentes recently wrote for Quirk’s Magazine on how ‘less is more’ when conducting interviews, in the article, “How a measured, respectful approach to interviewing yields more insights.” Kai discusses the importance of allowing respondents to have space to formulate responses. As moderators we need to
In the recent episode of the She Leads podcast with Adrienne Garland, titled “Inspiring Positivity Among Women and Underserved Communities with Kai Fuentes”, our President and CEO shares how replacing negative thoughts with positive ones is crucial, especially for women. Inner work and healing significantly can help in the growth
Do surveys make good bedtime stories for kids? It worked for Ebony Marketing Systems President & CEO Kai Fuentes! Kai is a second-generation market researcher. While many of us were running around causing trouble as kids, Kai was helping her mom’s family business by stapling surveys and even intercepting respondents
Our President and CEO Kai Fuentes joined The New Mainstream podcast to discuss how the market research industry can benefit from intentionally cultivating and championing diversity and inclusion. Beyond focus groups, greater diversity is needed across the market research industry. Often, diverse teammates doing the work—running the data tables and
Insights Association is proud to announce the election of Board Directors, which includes Ebony Marketing Systems’ CEO Kai Fuentes. The IA membership has voted to approve four new members to its Board of Directors. At the Insights Association, Board members are nominated via a call for candidates from the Nominating Committee.
Ebony Marketing Systems President and CEO Kai Fuentes was interviewed in the November issue of Minority Business Entrepreneur (MBE) magazine, where she discussed business integrity, Ebony Marketing Systems, Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE), multicultural research and more. MBE magazine was founded in 1984 to promote business ownership and entrepreneurial development for
Ethnography is rooted in cultural anthropology, which focuses on the development of human culture and the influence individuals and their culture have on each other. In her article for the Greenbook blog, “Ethnographic Methods Enrich Market Research,” our President Kai Fuentes shares how “Human beings have a fundamental need to
Our President Kai Fuentes was honored to share her insights on self-love on an episode of The Art and Science of Joy’s Joy Superpowers podcast. Take a listen right here: https://theartandscienceofjoy.com/captivate-podcast/self-love And remember, the most radical act of self-love you can do is spend more time with yourself!
Ebony Marketing Systems President and Founder Kai Fuentes shares her tips for avoiding burnout. As a qualitative specialist I find myself talking ALL of the time. My kids think that “Mama talks for a living.” At first I did not agree, but then I started realizing just how much I
